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Postmaster, Please return Undeliverable labels to: Country Life in BC 36 Dale Road Enderby, BC V0E 1V4 CANADA POSTES POST CANADA Postage paid Port payé Publications Mail Post-Publications 40012122 Vol. 104 No.12 The agricultural news source in British Columbia since 1915 DECEMBER 2018 | Vol. 104 No. 12 Beekeepers Sweet times for BC honey producers 7 Dairy US milk offered for sale in Canada 15 Foodies Tour builds trust between foodies, farmers 21 by DAVID SCHMIDT ABBOTSFORD – The BC Ministry of Environment plans to implement the new agricultural waste control regulation over several years, the ministry’s clean technologies director Chris Jenkins and hazardous waste senior policy specialist Mike Schwalb told the Mainland Milk Producers Association at its fall meeting in Abbotsford, October 24. Review of the regulation, originally adopted in 1992 and last amended in 2008, began in October 2009. Jenkins told producers the new regulation aim for better clarity and enforceability, protect high-risk areas and better fit modern agricultural practices. She said the amendments are “nearly finished” and she expects them to come into force in February. Nutrient management plans (NMPs) are a key component of the new regulation but they will be phased in over time. “Farmers in the Hullcar Valley will need to create and implement them right away; other livestock and poultry producers will need them starting in 2021 and all other farmers will have to have them in 2024,” Schwalb said. Initially, the NMPs will only cover nitrates but phosphorus will be added starting in 2025. Farmers located above aquifers will have to do both post-harvest nitrate and phosphorus soil testing every one to three years, Schwalb said. Those requirements will See WASTE on next page o by PETER MITHAM VICTORIA – BC agriculture minister Lana Popham has taken aim at land use in the first of a series of amendments to the Agricultural Land Commission Act. Popham introduced legislation November 5 that places the Agricultural Land Reserve under a single zone, eliminating the two zones established in 2014. It also enshrines in legislation guidelines for residential construction in the ALR, limiting new homes to 5,400 square feet (save where the ALC believes there’s a net benefit to farming). A third element addresses illegal fill activities within the ALR, which the province says has increased Province tightens rules in ALR Second round of legislation expected in the new year Farming isn’t what it used to be. A residential development turned what was once productive hayland into a drainage nightmare for Maple Ridge farmers Steve, left, and John Wynnyk. The land commission says it’s viable once the city makes good on promises to fix the drainage. But the brothers have had enough. Their story is on page 16. RONDA PAYNE PHOTO See ALR on next page o Ag waste reg “nearly” done 1-888-770-7333 Quality Seeds ... where quality counts! ALL THE BEST for the HOLIDAYS! 1.888.675.7999 watertecna.com INDUSTRY EXPERTS IN AGRICULTURAL & GREENHOUSE IRRIGATION

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The agricultural news source in British Columbia since 1915 DECEMBER 2018 | Vol. 104 No. 12

Beekeepers Sweet times for BC honey producers 7

Dairy US milk offered for sale in Canada 15

Foodies Tour builds trust between foodies, farmers 21

by DAVID SCHMIDT

ABBOTSFORD – The BCMinistry of Environment plansto implement the newagricultural waste controlregulation over several years,the ministry’s cleantechnologies director ChrisJenkins and hazardous wastesenior policy specialist MikeSchwalb told the MainlandMilk Producers Association atits fall meeting in Abbotsford,October 24.

Review of the regulation,originally adopted in 1992and last amended in 2008,

began in October 2009.Jenkins told producers thenew regulation aim for betterclarity and enforceability,protect high-risk areas andbetter fit modern agriculturalpractices. She said theamendments are “nearlyfinished” and she expectsthem to come into force inFebruary.

Nutrient managementplans (NMPs) are a keycomponent of the newregulation but they will bephased in over time.

“Farmers in the HullcarValley will need to create and

implement them right away;other livestock and poultryproducers will need themstarting in 2021 and all otherfarmers will have to havethem in 2024,” Schwalb said.

Initially, the NMPs will onlycover nitrates butphosphorus will be addedstarting in 2025.

Farmers located aboveaquifers will have to do bothpost-harvest nitrate andphosphorus soil testing everyone to three years, Schwalbsaid. Those requirements will

See WASTE on next page o

by PETER MITHAM

VICTORIA – BC agriculture ministerLana Popham has taken aim at land usein the first of a series of amendments tothe Agricultural Land Commission Act.

Popham introduced legislationNovember 5 that places theAgricultural Land Reserve under asingle zone, eliminating the two zonesestablished in 2014. It also enshrines inlegislation guidelines for residentialconstruction in the ALR, limiting newhomes to 5,400 square feet (save wherethe ALC believes there’s a net benefit tofarming).

A third element addresses illegal fillactivities within the ALR, which theprovince says has increased

Provincetightensrules inALRSecond round oflegislation expectedin the new year

Farming isn’t what it used to be. A residential development turned what was once productive hayland into a drainagenightmare for Maple Ridge farmers Steve, left, and John Wynnyk. The land commission says it’s viable once the city makesgood on promises to fix the drainage. But the brothers have had enough. Their story is on page 16. RONDA PAYNE PHOTO

See ALR on next page o

Ag waste reg “nearly” done

1-888-770-7333Quality Seeds ... where quality counts!

ALL THE BESTfor the HOLIDAYS!

1.888.675.7999 watertecna.com

INDUSTRY EXPERTS IN AGRICULTURAL &

GREENHOUSE IRRIGATION

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